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floribus approximatis at distinctis nec ut in A. jacobea imbricatis, 
nunc 3-5-pollicares floribus dissitis v. remotis. Calyces 2 lin., 
flores 4 lin. longi, rubri? i 
Cape district, apparently common, as it occurs in most col- 
lections. I have for the present preserved E. Meyer’s modern 
name in preference to either of the Linnæan ones until Thunberg’s 
synonymy has been cleared up. I have little doubt it is the 
plant designated by Linnæus under the name of A. quinquefolia, 
although there is no specimen so named in his herbarium ; but 
it does not agree with Thunberg’s description, and the name 
itself is a bad one, as the leaves are either ternate or fasciculate, 
and not quinate. Tt is also certainly A. heterophylla of the 
younger Linnæus, but as he took up that name from Thunberg, 
and it is doubtful whether the latter botanist applies it to this: or 
to the one designated below, I have thought it better not to 
transfer it till the doubt shall be cleared up. 
31. A. stachyera (Eckl. Zeyh. Enum. p. 202) is said by 
Walpers only to differ from the A. procumbens by the divisions 
of the calyx almost surpassing the corolla. It is from the same 
locality, and unknown to me. 
32. A. heterophylla (Thunb.? Fl. Cap. p. 575. E. Mey.! 
Comm. p. 40), foliis solitariis subternis fasciculatisque linearibus 
. lanceolatisve acutis subsericeo-pilosis, spicis laxiusculis oblongis - 
elongatisve, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis, calycis molliter pilosi 
laciniis tubo subæquilongis, petalis subæquilongis, ovario 4—5- 
ovulato.—Ononis spicata, Thunb. ? Fl. Cap. p. 584.—A. linifolia, 
Steud. ? Flora, 1830, p. 543.—Rami elongati virgati. Folia 
nunc 2 lin. longa, terna, subæqualia ; nunc valde inæqualia medio 
_ lateralibus duplo longiore, nunc in ramulis floriferis solitaria, 4-6 
lin. longa. Spica mollissima 1-3-pollicaris, ramulo demum, sæpe 
excurrente. Calyx 3 lin. longus, corolla 6 lin. 
Cape Flats, Drège! Wallich! Zeyher, n. 435! ahd many 
other collections. Although difficult to distinguish from 
A. procumbens by positive characters, this is a much handsomer 
and larger species, usually more silky and with larger flowers. 1 
have followed E. Meyer in considering itas the A. heterophylla of 
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